C−C Coupling Reactions of Aryl Bromides and Arylsiloxanes in Water Catalyzed by Palladium Complexes of Phosphanes Modified with Crown Ethers

Abstract

[reaction: see text] The complexes [PdCl2L2], where L is a crown-ether-containing triarylphosphane, catalyze the formation of biaryls from arylsiloxanes and aryl bromides with high yields in water as solvent and under air. The water-insoluble catalysts [PdCl2(PhCN)2] and [PdCl2(PPh3)2] are also efficient, although they decompose more quickly to form black Pd0.